Tourism and Conservation Partnerships Initiative

Here is a Conservation Partnership initiative I saw in the ATC Newsletter, May 13th – it may be of interest to some! You can check it out at www.atc.australia.com/eweekly.asp

‘Expressions of Interest for funding under the Tourism and Conservation Partnership initiative close 9 June. The initiative encourages partnerships between tourism operations, conservation groups and indigenous organisations, to explore areas of joint investment, jobs growth and sustainable tourism development. This is a major initiative of the Australian Government’s $235 million Tourism White Paper.’

What are the Tourism and Conservation Initiatives?

$4.6 million funding will be available over three years to:

• support Tourism and Conservation Partnerships that stimulate regionally significant nature-based tourism and conservation
• conduct research aimed at product development and economic valuation of park tourism
• improve park systems and regulations to engender partnerships between protected area managers and tourism operators

• develop a tourism and conservation agenda similar to Landcare